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SPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,129, dated July a4, 1900.

Application tiled April 25, 1900.

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Be it known that I, DAVID R. BROWN, a ottizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindoW-Frames, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to a swinging windowframe, its objects, among other things, being to mount the window-sashes within a frame which can be swung into and out of the wall of a building and to construct a device of this character having the fewest possible parts so designed that they can be assembled and the device completed before the same is inserted within the wall of a building.

To these and other ends my invention consists in a swinging window-frame having certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter1 described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts in the several Views, Figure 1 is a sectional view of the device from the top in its closed position with a fragmentary portion of the adjacent wall. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the frame shown in its partly-open position. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the window-frame. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View of the same, taken upon line A B of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of one side of the frame, showing its pivot-mountings.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the wall of a building, which so far as it relates to my invention may be of brick, stone, metal, or other material, and 2 designates a hollow metal box or casing which is inserted Within the said wall, being open at its front and rear side and lateral movement thereof within the wall being prevented by the integral iiange 5 and the angle-irons 4 4, which are fastened to the casing 2 and to the jambs 3 3.

The swinging window-frame consists of a rectangular frame 6, open at the front and rear side and within which are mounted the window-sashes 7 7, movable vertically, as in the ordinary window-frame, between the guide-strips 8 8, 9 9, and 10 10, fixed to the inside of said frame. The guide-strip 10 upon Serial No. 14,214. (No model.)

the outer side of the frame has an inwardlyturned flange 11, which acts as aweatherstrip. Atfixed to the frame 6 are the usual sash-weights 11a 11, the construction and operation of which are common in the art and therefore need not be described more in detail, as any form of sash-weight can be used with my invention. The frame 6 ishinged at the top and bottom within the casing 2, at the bottom by the pin 12 and at the top by the screw 14, which pass through the ears 13 and lo upon the said frame into the casing 2, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The inner edges of the frame 6 are turned outward and rounded, as at 16 16', to form a bead, and thereby enhance the appearance of the frame from the inside of the building, and projecting laterally from the bead 16/ is the iiange 17, which is designed to cover and guard the sash- Weights 11a 11?.

It is apparent from the drawings that the frame 6, containing the WindoW-sashes, which y are movable vertically therein, and the weights `112? 114, which are connected therewith, can be swung as a unit upon the pivot- Inountings 12 and 14'fro1n the closed position (shown in Fig. 1) to the wide-open position, wherein the frame projects into the room. When in the open position, the windows are much more accessible for purposes of cleaning, dsc., as they can now be reached from within the room instead of from outside of the building, as heretofore.

Vhen the frame 6 is swung into its closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, the iiange 17 abuts against the angle-stop 1S andthe guidestrip 10 against the angle-irons 4 4 and the outwardly-turned ange 19 upon the frame 6 against the inner edge of the casing 2, thereby insuring a weather-tight joint or connection between all of the parts of the swinging frame and the rigid casing. A lock, as illustrated in Fig. 3, can be fixed to the frame 6, so asto secure the frame against movement within the casing, and the bottom' of the frame 6 is inclined from the inside to the outside, (see Fig. 4,) so as to form a weathertight joint underneath the window-sash.

As the several parts of this device are made of metal, they can be cheaply constructed and assembled as a unit in the factory and placed in the building all completed and without further constructive operations. This form of device is especially applicable for metal buildings; but they can be used in buildings made of stone, brick, wood, or other material, if desired.

There are many minor changes and alterations that canbe made within my invention,

and I would therefore have it understood that and having an inclined bottom portion; and means, as studs passing through the said ears and into the said casing, for forming a pivotal connection between the said windowframe and casing; all constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with the casing 2, of the swinging Window-frame 6, having the Window-sashes 7 7 movable therein, and means, asthe studs 12 and 14, for movably securing the said frame within the said casing, substantiallyl as described.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID R. BROWN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. HALL, J. P. CROSBY. 

